Discovering Who You Really Are

As a Christian, it is important to discover who you really are. Who you really are is not the person who attends church weekly, teaches a Sunday school class or leads a Bible study. Who you really are is the individual that people see every other day of the week. Who you really are is the person people hear in conversation and watch in action in response to life’s situations as well as to other people. Who you really are is the person the world sees not necessarily the church!

If you seem to be confused by who the real you really is, maybe you should consider who you really should be. Jesus told His followers: “By this all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35 HCSB). It seems that who you really should be hinges upon the love you have towards others. The foundation to the Christian life is love—unconditional love.

The Scripture tells us: “God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love–not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins” (1 John 4:9-10 NLT). Paul magnifies that truth by telling us: “God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners” (Romans 5:8 NLT).

It was the love of the Father for us, His crowning creation, that motivated Him to provide for Himself, the necessary sacrifice to forgive our sins— the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. This is further substantiated by John 3:16: “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life” (NLT).

So, what does love have to do with who you really are? God displayed the ultimate portrait of love through Jesus Christ. If we truly love others as God has loved us, we will be driven to do anything and everything to win their hearts and minds to the Lord understanding the coming judgment and ultimate condemnation for those outside of Christ.

Your love for others will motivate you to exhibit Jesus Christ in everything you do and say, and everything you are. You will learn to carefully examine your actions and responses and carefully consider how they might affect others. You will carefully consider your words so as not to hurt anyone through what you might say.

Then, once you have discovered who you really should be, you can make the necessary adjustments so you may ultimately become the person God desires for you to be! To make an impact on the world God has placed you in; you must be the person God has designed you to be.

Scripture Reading: “Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance” (1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT).

Prayer: Father in heaven, I am not always the person I should be. My tongue has a tendency to spout out things before my mind carefully thinks them through. I go places and do things that don’t necessarily display the character of Christ. I pray for the ability to comprehend the fullness of Your love and then to live out that love in all I do. Help me to recognize how lost man is without You and to be actively engaged in showing Your love and Your free plan of salvation to others. I love You and thank You for all You do for me…in Jesus’ name…AMEN!